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by Thomas Sowell
4.2(3,635)
Sowell examines common economic myths, revealing their subtle appeal, from urban decay to gender pay gaps, and provides readers with accessible, real-world explanations.
by Paul Gallico
4.1(3,633)
On the desolate Essex marshes, a reclusive hunchback and a young girl form a strong bond while caring for a wounded snow goose, creating a story of love, healing, and quiet friendships.
by Silas House
4.2(3,632)
In the early 1900s Kentucky mountains, a young Cherokee woman's forbidden love for a white man ignites family secrets, racial prejudice, and violent obsession, forcing her to confront forgiveness amidst a community that refuses to accept her.
by Rhianne Aile
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A ladies' man and his best friend navigate unexpected love after a broken shoulder forces them into an intimacy that reshapes their ideas about friendship and desire.
by Anya Seton
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A French prince, shipwrecked on a quest for Avalon, becomes entangled with a Cornish maiden and a queen's beauty amidst Anglo-Saxon and Viking clashes in the New World.
by Jeanne C. Stein
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A newly-turned vampire bounty hunter, Anna Strong, must embrace her supernatural strength to protect the long-lost niece she never knew from a deadly network of human predators.
by Conrad Richter
4.0(3,628)
Chancey, Sayward Luckett Wheeler's youngest son, grows up in the Ohio wilderness as it transforms into an industrial town, dealing with progress, tradition, and his mother's legacy before the Civil War.
by Kami Garcia
3.8(3,628)
A lovesick Incubus rocker journeys through the American South's supernatural world, confronting dark magic and rival Casters to rescue his missing, siren girlfriend from a sinister New Orleans evil.
by John Stephens
4.3(3,625)
In the final book of the Books of Beginning trilogy, Emma must go into other realms, face monsters, and master the Book of Death to unite her siblings and stop the Dire Magnus from starting a world-ending war between magic and humanity.
by Ross Gay
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Ross Gay’s "The Book of Delights" is a collection of essays that turns a year of everyday observations, from melting candy wrappers to quiet nods between strangers, into a reflection on joy, even among race, loss, and consumer culture.
by Jiang Rong
4.0(3,616)
In 1960s Inner Mongolia, a Beijing intellectual's spiritual search among nomadic Mongols and their sacred wolves violently clashes with modern Han Chinese expansion, threatening both ancient culture and the wild spirit of the steppes.
by Klaus Mann
4.0(3,615)
As Nazism takes hold, an actor with great ambition compromises his soul for fame, becoming the devil he plays.
by Kathleen Duey
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A young woman's secret ability to talk to animals ties her to a nobleman's dangerous quest, forcing a heartbreaking choice that echoes through centuries to a brutal magic academy where survival is the first lesson.
by Morihei Ueshiba
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Explore the wisdom of Aikido's founder, Morihei Ueshiba, as he presents the 'Art of Peace' – a path to nonviolent victory and balanced living through compassion, understanding, and courage.
by Miriam Toews
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Nineteen-year-old Irma Voth, cast out by her Mennonite community, finds an unexpected path to freedom as a translator for a film crew, even as her domineering father tries to sabotage the production and reclaim his daughter.
by Michelle Zink
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As time runs out, Lia must find the keys to a prophecy and convince her estranged sister, Alice, to help, all while navigating a dangerous love triangle and the devastating secrets that threaten to tear their world apart.
by Frances O'Roark Dowell
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A young girl's hero worship for her military father crumbles as her brother's photographs from Vietnam expose the grim realities of war, forcing her to confront the limits of even a hero's power.
by Stephen King
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When a respected community member is linked to a horrific murder, a detective must face the terrifying idea that evil can wear a familiar face, defying logic and evidence.
by Elizabeth Marie Pope
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Orphaned Peggy Grahame uncovers a centuries-old romance, espionage, and Revolutionary War intrigue through the ghostly visits of her ancestors at her eccentric uncle's estate.
by Euripides
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To launch a thousand ships, King Agamemnon must silence a daughter's scream, twisting a heroic war into a heart-wrenching family sacrifice.
by Lee Smith
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Orphaned by war, Molly Petree leaves a ruined North Carolina plantation for a half-century journey of love, betrayal, and a murder trial, only to be drawn back to the same ruins that shaped her.
by Felix Dennis
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Felix Dennis, a self-made millionaire, shares the plain truth and often hard lessons from his journey 'from a South London lad' to immense wealth, showing that getting rich is a learnable skill available to anyone with enough determination.
by Eoin Colfer
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A power-crazed pixie unleashes ancient magic, threatening to possess Artemis Fowl's four-year-old brothers and start a war between humans and resurrected fairy warriors. The young criminal mastermind and Captain Holly Short must race to prevent global disaster.
by R.L. Stine
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An exclusive Halloween party on Fear Street turns deadly when a costumed killer crashes the fun, forcing two high schoolers to unmask the murderer before they become the next victims.